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Thankyou Joy yes they are great books .

Thank you Sheryl , you won't be disappointed with Jerusalem when you get it , I love the book and have already taken note of it saying that many women get the butcher to mince the lamb together with the onions garlic and parsley for them as it saves time and mixes the flavours better ... I made koftas by doing just this only in my food processor .. My darling thought I'd bought them ready cooked from the farmers market and kept telling me how good they were and how he liked the texture of them !!

Re: Happy Birthday sweet mummz....its time to have a real Birthday thread.

Hi! Sorry I wasnt on to wish you a super birthday! xoxo happy cooking!My brother in London is sending me JO great food escapes dvd set for my bday Will try and visit but if I can swing it, it will be in Jan or Feb would love to see you again... if not I am going on a cruise to Mexico, lol!

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Re: Happy Birthday sweet mummz....its time to have a real Birthday thread.

Your all so lovely , my birthday seems to have been extended ! Thank you . I have had a great time , I went to Paris with my darling last weekend . My darling had to go for his work on Thursday evening for a meal and Friday for a meeting . So we stayed there for the weekend and returned on Monday .

We spent such a lovely day with Kye and her lovely husband on Sunday . After kye and I popped to the market over the road from our hotel and bought some delicious picnic treats after sending my darling to go and wash the tomatoes and grapes , we set off and ended up in the garden of the Louvre where we settled to eat our picnic. Their was a wonderful picnic.London Fashion week was happening so we were entertained by a few people who were tottering about wearing unsuitable shoes for the gardens that have a rough uneven path , and wearing unsuitable clothes for the warm weather ! I am talking thin high metal stiletto shoes and thick wooden wedge shoes . Fur and woollen clothes or long wafting clothes . The woman in the wedges was having difficulty walking and had to keep her legs straight as she walked ! Further on in the gardens there were fashion photographers clicking away with their cameras, so I joined in and took a few photos myself and I think Kye took a photo of me joining in !

As we walked back to the car we came across a march , well not so much of a march . More of a lorry with scaffolding and a stage and a particularly noisy band playing a repetitive tune and singing along to it , they had a young crowd huge following and the streets were starting to be lined with people waiting for the lorry to pass and watch the band. . I have been trying to find out the name of the band but so far with little success .It was lovely seeing Kye again.

We had also been to Arras , that was on Saturday where I spent time wandering around the market with my freind Carolle whom I have known for almost 30 years , that was a funny time . The mushroom man made a big fuss of me , one of the other stall holders offered me a dance , we got into conversation with a man who had a Scottie dog and another dog that was sat in a backpack dog carrier .. Great way to be taken for a walk... Now that was funny , I have very limited , very broken school girl French learned or not learned a long time ago . My friend who is French but speaks perfect English as her father was Scottish , kept mixing English and French inthe same sentence .. I think that this was because she always speaks to me in English and I was stood beside her ,the man with the dogs also seemed to want to practice a bit of English ...somehow we managed to have a conversation !! I managed to buy some eggs but only 10 and not a dozen ! The fruit man seemed to be determined to feed me figs ! I did manage to buy a huge lump of cheese , trying to explain to the stall holder that I only wanted a little more than she was about to cut ( my darling blanched at the cost but paid up !) but after was ate a bit for supper at my friends house , some at the picnic with Kye , there was a more reasonable sized piece left. .All in all we had a pretty entertaining time.

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